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'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea how well received the first strengths book would be by general readers - it was oriented more toward managers - or that the energy and excitement would continue to grow.

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I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.

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Friendships are among the most fundamental of human needs.

From Tom Rath

When we asked people if they would rather have a best friend at work or a 10% pay raise, having a friend clearly won.

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Clearly, there aren't enough positive moments or interactions happening in the workplace. As a result, our economy suffers, companies suffer, and individual relationships suffer.

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Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work.

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Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're treating other people in our brief interactions with them.

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I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

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At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed.

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Leaders need to be thinking constantly about what they're doing to create a basic sense of security and stability throughout an organization.

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